[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12751]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            ANDEAN TRADE ACT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Chair lay 
before the Senate a message from the House of Representatives on H.R. 
3009.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Presiding Officer (Mr. Baucus) laid before the Senate the 
following message from the House of Representatives:

       Resolved, That the House insist upon its amendment to the 
     amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3009) entitled ``An 
     Act to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant 
     additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other 
     purposes'', and ask a conference with the Senate on the 
     disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.
       Ordered, That the following Members be the managers of the 
     conference on the part of the House.
       From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of 
     the House amendment and the Senate amendment, and 
     modifications committed to conference: Mr. Thomas, Mr. Crane, 
     and Mr. Rangel.
       From the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for 
     consideration of section 603 of the Senate amendment, and 
     modifications committed to conference: Mr. Boehner, Mr. Sam 
     Johnson of Texas, and Mr. George Miller of California.
       From the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 
     consideration of section 603 of the Senate amendment, and 
     modifications committed to conference: Mr. Tauzin, Mr. 
     Bilirakis, and Mr. Dingell.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
disagree to the House amendment, agree to the request for a conference 
with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, and that the 
Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate with 
the ratio being 3 to 2.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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